Alister Jack rejects indyref2 calls as he holds on to seat
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has said Boris Johnson should not grant the power to hold a second independence referendum, despite the SNP’s General Election gains.
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has said Boris Johnson should not grant the power to hold a second independence referendum, despite the SNP’s General Election gains.
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard yesterday said he did not believe the SNP has an indyref2 mandate.
David Mundell has hailed the Conservative Party’s record in Scotland as he claimed the “only job ” of SNP MPs is to secure another independence vote.
Boris Johnson yesterday tried to suggest that the “warm” reception he got from a hen party at Aberdeen International Airport was proof that he was liked north of the border.
Ruth Davidson was last night said to be “disappointed” that Boris Johnson had sacked David Mundell as Scottish Secretary.
Alister Jack has been named the new Scottish Secretary after David Mundell was brutally sacked in Boris Johnson's Brexit reshuffle.
The Tories are now a "bigger thereat to the Union" than the SNP, shadow Scottish secretary Lesley Laird has claimed.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has been criticised for signing off on almost £24,000 worth of advertising in just two months.
Like all of us in the first intake of MSPs elected to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999, I was delighted and slightly daunted.
Fears have been raised that the imminent shake-up of the UK Government could delay confirmation of a £200 million funding boost for Moray.
David Mundell has been a fixture at the Cabinet table for more than four years, serving as Scottish secretary under both David Cameron and Theresa May - no mean feat in these turbulent political times.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has said he will not be supporting Boris Johnson in any of the Tory leadership votes.
The relationship between the Scottish and UK governments has "broken down" and urgent constitutional reform is required to restore trust, an influential Commons committee has said.
Mike Russell has said the UK Government is operating in a "toxic bubble of its own" on Brexit, amid continuing tensions over the level of information sharing between Westminster and Holyrood.
Scotland's rural economy will suffer "serious damage" if the government's no-deal Brexit plan is ever implemented, MPs have heard.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has described coming out as gay as "one of the most difficult things" he has ever done.
A second referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union would cause civil unrest across the country, Scottish Secretary David Mundell has warned.
The Secretary of State for Scotland yesterday visited the north-east to pledge £16 million for the Scottish fishing industry and propose the fight for fishing rights be enshrined in law - but his words failed to convince the region's fisherman.
Celebrity fishing skipper and seafood chief Jimmy Buchan welcomed Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell into Peterhead Fish Market yesterday.
The responsibility to fight for better fishing rights for the UK after Brexit will be “enshrined in law” under new proposals tabled by the Scottish Secretary.
Theresa May will send dozens of her ministers to all corners of the country today as she fights to keep her Brexit deal alive ahead of next week’s Commons vote.
Former foreign secretary and arch-Brexiteer Boris Johnson has warned the EU will not stop until it has “worked out a way to plunder the waters of Scotland for their fish”.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell will today tell Nicola Sturgeon to “open her ears” and “hear what Scotland is actually saying” about Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
A UK minister has ruled out lowering standards for food imports to secure post-Brexit trade deals, insisting it would be “commercial madness” that would cause “untold damage”.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has pledged the UK will leave the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in 2020 no matter what and promised to fight any effort by the EU to grab greater fishing rights.
Theresa May is today poised for a head-to-head with Nicola Sturgeon amid escalating tensions with the Scottish Government over her Brexit divorce deal.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has insisted he will not be “bounced into resigning” by “carpetbagger” Cabinet colleagues after a string of ministers quit in protest at Theresa May’s deal.
Scottish Conservatives led by David Mundell have warned Theresa May they cannot support a Brexit deal that fails to restore “complete control and full sovereignty” over UK fishing waters.
Theresa May declared last night she believes in the Brexit divorce deal with her “head and heart” as cabinet signed off on the near 600-page plans after an historic five-hour emergency meeting.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has said the UK will not be bound by the EU Common Fisheries Policy beyond the end of 2020 “regardless of what else happens”.
SNP Westminster Leader Ian Blackford has accused the prime minister of “sheer irresponsibility”, warning any move by the UK Government to leave the EU without a deal would be “madness”.
Before it has even welcomed its first guest, V&A Dundee has been hailed as providing a “fire in the belly” not seen in the City of Discovery for years.